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  • 25 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

still awaits. We stick by our recommendation: Use your miles! Q: What other looming, predictable surprises have you noticed since the book manuscript was completed? A: The flu vaccine crisis is a classic example of a predictable surprise. As The New York Times noted in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

18.2%—an effect driven by substitution of water for sugary drinks. Study 2 showed that graphic warning labels work by heightening negative affect and prompting consideration of health consequences. Study 3 indicated that public support... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

services obtained in return, reduces general anti-tax sentiment, and holds satisfaction with tax payment stable despite increased compliance with tax dues. With tax noncompliance costing the U.S. government $385 billion annually, providing taxpayer agency could have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

explored in this paper. Restructuring Within an Academic Health Center to Support Quality and Safety: The Development of the Center for Quality and Safety at the Massachusetts General Hospital Authors:Richard Bohmer, Jonathan David Bloom,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

employees of a health benefits administrator that held a free workplace influenza vaccination clinic. Results: A 2 SD increase in functional proximity is associated with a 6.4 percentage point increase in the probability of vaccination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

resulting co-creation of ecological damage by firms and governments. In the new global economy since 1980, renewed economic growth and consumerism resulted in mountains of waste in increasingly polluted mega-cities. Biodiversity and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

knowing "who we are" might depend in part on repeatedly remembering to forget "who we were not." The Enabling Role of Social Position in Diverging from the Institutional Status Quo: Evidence from the U.K. National View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

(ToM) allows children to achieve success in the social world by understanding others' minds. A study with 3-12 year olds, however, demonstrates that gains in ToM are linked to decreases in children's desire to engage in performative behaviors associated with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

free entry of rating agencies, the provision of quality ratings is at least partially sustained by the reputational concerns of the rating agencies. The economically significant entry of a third agency into a market that was previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

Lincoln Publication:Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on U.S. technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

  PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308009 Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan Harvard Business School Case 708-017 Toshihiko Fukui, Government of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

their propensity to make things themselves (Experiments 3A and 3B). Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/mochon norton ariely 2012.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments Authors:Valentine,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-005.pdf Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

many new banks. There was no telling what the economic impact of the bill's special bank note provisions would be. Once the bill passed the legislature, Governor Marcy had to decide whether to sign this radical proposal into law. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the 1990s' economic boom, some two-thirds of Americans, more than ever before, currently own their homes. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

compiled a detailed curriculum analysis of eleven business school programs. To complete the picture, they also interviewed leading academic critics and 28 executives and recruiters. The findings presented a mixed diagnosis of the health... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52341 February 20, 2018 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association Administrative Costs Associated with Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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